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Show !. of a Way-tip Celestial limn w " . " Lin the City of San I Francisco. L Time-Adhesive Salve or L-The Lar&st VorkhoU8e ' J in the World. I , in Chinatown today a scene iflieathenish, and which couh Taken place in 13311 Francisc0 I "if is distinction or a di Lay be regarded. It was the Ker the body of Gy Ah I was shot in Chinatown. It Land auction the remarkable Fexercised by the notorious l,te" The funeral was the L'ha9 taken place in China-. Lv rears. No one could be IT had "Seen a more ceremonious I Ui Vy was a mos common-Ljual.and common-Ljual.and the only distinction llaira was that of being a friend (rtcrof the highbinders' agent mat, "Little Pete." A great I, even Consul Bee, could not l ive secured such a fanfaronade las did this humble follower of Lral took place from Stockton L Washington, the beadquar-e beadquar-e deceased's society. A huge Las built in the street (without I it was covered with a canopy cloth of fitie texture. The plat-I plat-I loaded with all tho delicacies j in Chinatown. Gy Ah Wy Lbly hav-e a post mortem attack La on his arrival in tho other laid he sample the dainties that lid out for him on the platform. Ivere whole carcasses of roast Itats. There were chickens and tgs and birds' nests, small fish I fish, fish brought from China I smuggled from Sacramento. Ire pies and puddings and a mag-lopium mag-lopium layout for Mr. Wy to f for the appeasing deity to en-tre en-tre were plenty of victuals and Cr both. Ma in which were the remains late lamented slave dealer and tier lay in front. It was deco-Ih deco-Ih gold and silver and cost a j sum, contributed by the high- Imattiug near at hand lay his Inlio howled at the beginning, gradually reduced her lamenta-l lamenta-l feeble squeak, uttered at long I of exhaustion. By her side lay I and the dead man's brother, fort distance away, but without (lav the dead man's three slaves, gent up hideous cries of grief. priest, dressed in raiment like lomon's and glittering with jew-red jew-red a musical instrument like the I, and the second high priest beat I furiously. A crowd of young I women, dressed in white silk, out tea over theplatform and on Is of the mourners, while another if women from the houses of ill eat time with their hands and I weep. Vo gang of men wandered about U around casting forth the pa-lough pa-lough the holes of which the Chi-Iphistoplieles Chi-Iphistoplieles has to leap before catch the spirit of the dead man. his satanic majesty could get i all the holes it was confidently i that the dead man would have ife in heaven. The ceremonies ifo hours. oclock the funeral started. ere eighty carriages, containing ling highbinders, and an immense ' of Chinese followed on foot. mcisco Report. - |